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Without innovation a country comes to a standstill. Alberto Tripi, President of AlmavivA Group, in EH-Euler Hermes Italia

Without innovation a country comes to a standstill. Alberto Tripi, President of AlmavivA Group, in EH-Euler Hermes Italia

14-12-2012

In an interview with Media Duemila, Valeria Sandei illustrates Almawave's integrated offering of services and solutions.

 

 

Generally speaking, the technological and ICT service activities do not follow a country's economic trends, they are either delayed or anticipated.
 
In Italy, for example, many large-scale projects, and the related investments, had already been launched when the crisis started and their development has continued over recent years. Now, after the completion of those far reaching projects, and the failure to replace them with new nationwide projects, we are beginning to see the market slowing down.
But a far greater risk posed by this slowdown – along with the overall impairment of the industry – is the failed modernization of the country as a whole and its economic structure.
 
When the process of innovation comes to a standstill, the enterprises that would have automatically benefitted from its driving force lose efficiency and become less competitive on the international markets. Therefore, it makes sound business sense in a period of recession, when the main focus is on spending, to cut back on non-productive costs, not investments, which enable enterprises to continue to grow.
 
Regrettably, this process has grinded to a halt in recent months, and this year – for the first time after many years of double-figure growth – the IT services industry has recorded an 8-10% drop.
 
This is why I hope that the projects included in the Government's Digital Agenda can help the industry take off again.

 

Obviously, most manufacturing SMEs are too preoccupied with their short-term cash requirements to seriously think about investing in new technology. On the other hand, there are many small and medium enterprises that acknowledge the value of innovation and are continuously on the lookout for new ways of optimizing their products and business".